This week, Matthias gave us a quick introduction to Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) for Windows Phone Developers. Lots of folks we talk to find the prospect of building a server component to their Windows Phone app a bit daunting, but Azure Mobile Services opens up a whole new universe of…

This we week we meet again with Rob Tiffany. This time we talk about MEAP. We discussed what a Mobile Enterprise Application Platform consists off and how it maps to Microsoft products. As always, when you want to get started on Windows Phone in the Enterprise the Windows for Business is the right…

Download the Multilingual App Toolkit for Windows and Windows Phone. One of the exciting things about Windows Phone development is the extraordinary reach that Windows Phone apps have across the world. Windows Phone apps can be made available in 191 markets across the world and we've seen great…

In this episode, Unni Ravindranathan and Billy Chow join Jaime Rodriguez to introduce the Windows Phone 7 design templates. The design templates are XAML-based templates for building Windows Phone Applications. These templates make it possible for you to copy paste XAML to easily create common…

This week we spoke to Erik Porter and Nathan Heskew, the developers of the popular Twitter client for Windows Phone, Rowi. They walked us through their app and gave us a lot of insight into what goes into building a world class Windows Phone application. Here are some links to related information.…

Today, Arturo Toledo talks about his experiences as a new member of the Windows Phone User Experience team. Arturo dove in head first, and recently built his first Windows Phone app. In this presentation he regales us with all of his learning in the last few months about what it takes to deliver an…

This week on Inside Windows Phone, we got to talk to Program Manager Peter Torr about Multitasking in Windows Phone Mango. Peter goes in depth on the different types of Multitasking, including Fast App Switching, Background Notifications, Background Transfer Service, and Background Agents. Peter…

One of the most anticipated/desired features in this mango release is sockets (for network communication). In this episode Ayman Afanah and Gustavo Sandoval give you a few demos of what you can do with sockets communications and they discuss the features and compare what is in Windows Phone in…

In our travels, we've heard that most mobile applications aren't very good. This is probably related to the fact that most applications, in general aren't very good. Here at Inside Windows Phone, we're all about fighting this. At Microsoft we have an amazing team that spends all their time thinking…